Source: http://jacksonville.com, December 12, 2015 By: Terry Dickson BRUNSWICK | The EPA and Hercules Inc. have agreed on a plan for another round of cleanup of toxaphene that is contaminating the creeks and marshes adjacent to what is now the Pinova chemical plant. Although regulators and the company are in agreement, the neighbors don’t like […]

Source: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com, December 11, 2015 By: Joshua Emerson Smith San Diego firm sues on behalf of cities facing expensive cleanups to remove PCB chemicals In a move that might give corporate America chills, a San Diego-led legal team is testing a strategy aimed at expanding companies’ liability for cleaning up pollutants — even if those […]

Source: http://www.constructionrisk.com, October 2013 An architect’s contract containing a limitation of liability clause (LoL) was enforced to grant a partial summary judgment limiting the architect’s liability to $70,000 in the face of a $4.2 million claim for damages due to structural problems that required a nearly completed hotel to have to be demolished. The U.S. […]

Source: http://www.cleveland.com, December 9, 2015 By: John Harper COPLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A stubby beige brick building sits in the middle of a roughly-paved parking lot near the corner of Copley and Jacoby roads, unremarkable as mid-century strip malls tend to be. But this innocuous looking place is to blame for one of the most serious environmental disasters in Summit County, […]

Source: http://www.constructionrisk.com, October 2013 Where a limitation of liability clause in a design professional contract would limit a homeowner’s claim against its designer to the total fee for services, the plaintiff sought to avoid the affects of the clause by asserting that the designer had acted with gross negligence in drafting plans that resulted in […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, December 7, 2015 By: Emily Alpert Reyes Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer announced Monday he was suing Southern California Gas Co. over how it has handled a natural gas leak that has sent sickening fumes into the Porter Ranch area, spurring hundreds of families to leave their homes. The lawsuit alleges that […]

Source: http://www.dailyjournal.net, December 4, 2015 By: Annie Goeller A Franklin company is working with the state on a plan to remove years-old contamination from its property. An Indiana Department of Environmental Management investigation found contamination on the property of Reed Manufacturing Services, 1056 Eastview Drive. The investigation was started to trace back contamination that was […]

Source: http://www.njtvonline.org, December 8, 2015 By: Brenda Flanagan This is part one of a three-part series delving into the issue of oil and gasoline contamination from leaking underground storage tanks and the impact on homeowners and the environment. “It was something out of a fantasy dream. A nightmare, almost, but it was really happening.” Eliot […]

Source: http://www.grahamco.com, December 7, 2015 By: Shane Riccio, The Graham Company Property owners often don’t consider pollution legal liability policies, but they should. As evidenced by the recent legionella bacteria that was found in at least several water towers at schools throughout Long Island, and the outbreak this past summer in the Bronx, you don’t […]

Source: http://www.bna.com, November 17, 2015 By: Logan L. Hollers Buyers and sellers may have conflicting interests in business transactions that involve potential environmental liabilities, but the parties can avail themselves of many flexible legal strategies and management tools for allocating risk prior to the closing process, an environmental attorney told Bloomberg BNA. Abbi Cohen, a […]

Source: http://www.dailynews.com, December 7, 2015 By: Sarah Favot A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has approved a $2.4 million settlement between the state water board and Los Angeles World Airports over allegations of improper monitoring of underground tanks that store hazardous materials at several area airports, the water board announced Monday. The state Water […]

Source: http://www.heraldbulletin.com, December 8, 2015 By: Ken de la Bastide Several positive tests for the bacteria that may cause Legionnaires’ disease have been found at ManorCare Health Services in Anderson. The positive tests were found in one of the two water systems that provide water to the health care facility at 1345 N. Madison Ave. […]